Ragunan Zoo Ragunan Zoo

[Fargusno]

They are a scimitar oryxes from Batu Secret Zoo. If you're talking about the scimitar oryx in Cisarua, there is an single individual left on display there and haven't been phased out. Yet, it is a very different individual from the animals that Ragunan received from Batu and Cisarua haven't sent any oryx to other facilities.

I guess what you mean by the one in Faunaland is their Arabian oryx pair. Obviously them and the scimitar oryxes are different species. Yes, Ragunan have had Arabian oryx in the past, but it had been gone for a while and very unlikely to be the same oryxes as in Faunaland that are most likely brand new.

I still remember seeing a herd of scimitar horned oryxes in TSI Cisarua back in the past. That one individual must be the remaining one.

 

[Rizz Carlton]

Ragunan Zoo has revealed a new logo with the brahminy kite (Haliastur indus intermedius) as their mascot, due to their symbolic status as the provincial animal of Jakarta.

While the logo looks modern, it is still unlikely that this signify an upcoming revitalization.


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Taman Margasatwa Ragunan on Instagram: "Peresmian Logo Taman Margasatwa Ragunan dan pengenalan Maskot ELBO, serta pemberian nama satwa Jerapah, yaitu “Rajaka”. Logo terbentuk dari 5 unsur elemen penyusun yang secara kesatuan membentuk unsur pohon sebagai lambang sumber kehidupan dan Taman Margasatwa Ragunan juga sebagai paru-paru bagi kehidupan Jakarta, baik untuk manusia maupun satwa. Jejak Kaki Orangutan mewakili satwa khas Indonesia. Melambangkan keanekaragaman jenis satwa yang ada di Taman Margasatwa Ragunan. Siluet Elang Bondol, sebagai maskot kota Jakarta yang ditetapkan sejak tahun 1989. Taring Harimau dan Gading Gajah sebagai lambang kekuatan dan status. ELBO adalah seorang anak laki-laki yang berjiwa semangat, memiliki sifat yang kuat dan berani dalam menjaga kelestarian KEHATI. Dibalik sifatnya yang kuat dan berani, ELBO tetap menunjukan kepribadian yang ramah, lucu dan bersahabat terutama kepada anak-anak yang memiliki kesadaran akan lingkungan. #ragunanzoo #dkijakarta #tamanhutandki #elbo #elangbondol"

 

[Fargusno]

Ragunan Zoo has revealed a new logo with the brahminy kite (Haliastur indus intermedius) as their mascot, due to their symbolic status as the provincial animal of Jakarta.

While the logo looks modern, it is still unlikely that this signify an upcoming revitalization.
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Taman Margasatwa Ragunan on Instagram: "Peresmian Logo Taman Margasatwa Ragunan dan pengenalan Maskot ELBO, serta pemberian nama satwa Jerapah, yaitu “Rajaka”. Logo terbentuk dari 5 unsur elemen penyusun yang secara kesatuan membentuk unsur pohon sebagai lambang sumber kehidupan dan Taman Margasatwa Ragunan juga sebagai paru-paru bagi kehidupan Jakarta, baik untuk manusia maupun satwa. Jejak Kaki Orangutan mewakili satwa khas Indonesia. Melambangkan keanekaragaman jenis satwa yang ada di Taman Margasatwa Ragunan. Siluet Elang Bondol, sebagai maskot kota Jakarta yang ditetapkan sejak tahun 1989. Taring Harimau dan Gading Gajah sebagai lambang kekuatan dan status. ELBO adalah seorang anak laki-laki yang berjiwa semangat, memiliki sifat yang kuat dan berani dalam menjaga kelestarian KEHATI. Dibalik sifatnya yang kuat dan berani, ELBO tetap menunjukan kepribadian yang ramah, lucu dan bersahabat terutama kepada anak-anak yang memiliki kesadaran akan lingkungan. #ragunanzoo #dkijakarta #tamanhutandki #elbo #elangbondol"

If they do revitalize, I hope they prioritize on the older exhibits and expand/rescape the reptile section, as well as building a better fish section with most of the fishes there moving to the arapaima tank except for the piranha

 

[Rizz Carlton]

I've visited Ragunan Zoo today (06/02/2025), here's some interesting new details and updates;

• The pair of scimitar oryx from Batu Secret Zoo are displayed in an exhibit near the giraffes and the main elephant complex, where that specific exhibit has been empty for a while until the oryxes came.
• Meanwhile, in the exhibit next door, several chitals are added to the Javan muntjac exhibit.
• There's what appears to be two Bornean elephants that are displayed in the elephant complex. Their tail are much longer and they seems to be so small compared to the adult Sumatran elephants next door.
• Although listed on their map, the zoo's Malayan tapirs are kept in an off-reach part of the zoo. Why the tapirs are maintained this way has yet to be publicly explained.
• There has been some minor updates in the Schmutzer Primate Centre
  • In the Bornean white-bearded gibbon exhibit, an second individual of undetermined taxa has been added.
  • Two new agile gibbon exhibits has finished construction, this species are now on display at the Schmutzer after a while of absent (Unless there's some mistakenly-labelled gibbons).
  • Ragunan now has two grizzled tree-kangaroo, which consist of an old individual and a young one

• A pair of East African grey crowned crane has been moved to the small bird complex, they're originally from the old aviaries.
• Several magpie gooses are back on-display after a couple of years of absence, these birds came from Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. These gooses are taking over the former whistling duck aviary.
  • The lesser whistling duck instead has took over the Mongolian ringneck pheasant aviary.

• In the open-topped small mammal complex, an raccoon has been moved here from the small mammal house.

• In the small mammal complex, here's some interesting updates:
  • The zoo's Javan leopard cat and Javan slow loris are taken off-display for unspecified reasons.
  • The former raccoon exhibit has been taken over by an green iguana.

• In the central part of the zoo, the Sumatran tiger exhibit has finished revamping, which looks nothing different aside from a larger wet moat. Though additionaly, the next door African lion exhibit appears to be empty.

• The Sri Lankan leopards has appears to now be taken off-display into the future with unspecified reasons, as the Sumatran tigers are still there.

• I'm what is probably the best news so far, the zoo's New Guinea bronzewing are back on-display after years of absence. Knowing this interesting fact, you have to wonder how many recently phased out (sub)species that might be off-display. The tarsiers, Kloss's gibbon, and Sri Lankan leopards are some of them, perhaps there's could be more.

 

[Rizz Carlton]

Updates from my last visit (July 16, 2025).

• The zoo appears to no longer have their agile wallabies atleast on-display, they currently have a number of dusky pademelons instead.
• Additionaly, the Komodo dragons appears to also be no-show as well.
• In the southern part of the zoo, an single exhibit can be publicly seen for an Malayan tapir. So, this species can now be publicly seen.
• Within the "small bird complex", two new species has been added, that is the glossy ibis and daurian starling, as well as some kind of peacock-pheasant
• An cat labelled as "fishing cat" has been added as the zoo's newest major addition on-display, in the small mammal house. If true, Gembira Loka Zoo in Yogyakarta is no longer the only holder of this species in Indonesia.

 

[Odd_toed_ungulate]

How about jaguar?? last time i visit in April it condition not looking very well

 

[Rizz Carlton]

How about jaguar?? last time i visit in April it condition not looking very well

I'm sorry, but your photo isn't uploaded well, so it's not visible.

I did saw what appears to be a young jaguar during my visit yesterday, he walks quite limp. The previous jaguar appears to be half-blind from what I'm aware, their care for this species is sadly questionable.

 

[YuanChang]

Updates from my last visit (July 16, 2025).

• The zoo appears to no longer have their agile wallabies atleast on-display, they currently have a number of dusky pademelons instead.
• Additionaly, the Komodo dragons appears to also be no-show as well.
• In the southern part of the zoo, an single exhibit can be publicly seen for an Malayan tapir. So, this species can now be publicly seen.
• Within the "small bird complex", two new species has been added, that is the glossy ibis and daurian starling, as well as some kind of peacock-pheasant
• An cat labelled as "fishing cat" has been added as the zoo's newest major addition on-display, in the small mammal house. If true, Gembira Loka Zoo in Yogyakarta is no longer the only holder of this species in Indonesia.

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I'm curious, where does Ragunan Zoo import fishing cats from? And where the individual of Yogyakarta from? It seems that Indonesian fishing cats have not been discovered for many years.

 

[twilighter]

I'm curious, where does Ragunan Zoo import fishing cats from? And where the individual of Yogyakarta from? It seems that Indonesian fishing cats have not been discovered for many years.

The Fishing cat at Gembira Loka is not the Javan subspecies.They are most likely extinct.

 

[Rizz Carlton]

I'm curious, where does Ragunan Zoo import fishing cats from? And where the individual of Yogyakarta from? It seems that Indonesian fishing cats have not been discovered for many years.

Honestly, no clue. This is not the first time Ragunan held fishing cat I believe in the 2000's, according to an photo taken by Pierre de Chabannes, claimed to be of the now very rare Javan fishing cat (Might not be correct).

Gembira Loka have a single female (Atleast on-display). This zoo in recent years has pushed for more imports, as the zoo reportedly have good relations with other SEA zoos, so it safe to assume it came from one of the facilities there. Vivi (Gembira Loka's fishing cat) should be the nominate mainland subspecies.

With Ragunan, it definitely seems to came out of no-where atleast for me. This zoo in recent years didn't really bother to add more mammalians into their collections, especially foreign ones, not even meerkats that are booming here. Which is why I somewhat doubt that it's a fishing cat.

If it's also the nominate subspecies (Which is more than likely is), it's either a donation from a private local collector or even from another foreign zoos.

 

[YuanChang]

Honestly, no clue. This is not the first time Ragunan held fishing cat I believe in the 2000's, according to an photo taken by Pierre de Chabannes, claimed to be of the now very rare Javan fishing cat (Might not be correct).

Gembira Loka have a single female (Atleast on-display). This zoo in recent years has pushed for more imports, as the zoo reportedly have good relations with other SEA zoos, so it safe to assume it came from one of the facilities there. Vivi (Gembira Loka's fishing cat) should be the nominate mainland subspecies.

With Ragunan, it definitely seems to came out of no-where atleast for me. This zoo in recent years didn't really bother to add more mammalians into their collections, especially foreign ones, not even meerkats that are booming here. Which is why I somewhat doubt that it's a fishing cat.

If it's also the nominate subspecies (Which is more than likely is), it's either a donation from a private local collector or even from another foreign zoos.

Thank you for your answer. I used to think Ragunan's fishing cat came from Sri Lanka with the sloth bear, but I didn't expect them to have the opportunity to reintroduce this species again

 

[Rizz Carlton]

Thank you for your answer. I used to think Ragunan's fishing cat came from Sri Lanka with the sloth bear, but I didn't expect them to have the opportunity to reintroduce this species again

That was two decades ago in 2003

The current fishing cat appears to be quite young and small compared to Vivi at Gembira Loka, so it could very well only arrived this year.

 

[Rizz Carlton]

In probably the biggest news and development since the gorillas and the Schmutzer Primate Centre in 2002, a visit by the Vice Governor of Jakarta, Rano Karno, results in talks about the revitalization of Ragunan Zoo, with conservation and animal welfare to be put up front on the priority list.

Revitalization is planned to begin next year, as the city government is currently still developing the detailed engineering design. One proposal is the addition of cable car, to ease going to one exhibit to another in the over 140 hectares of land. As for the animals, as the zoo currently have rather spread out exhibits with no clear theme, the revitalization will see these animals be grouped in exhibits based on their habitat, type of animals, and their overall needs. Tighter traffic control is also planned to limit heavy road congestion that is caused by the high number of visitors entering the zoo.

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https://jakarta.tribunnews.com/2025...mpokan-satwa-hingga-permintaan-kereta-gantung
Ragunan Mau Direvitalisasi Besar-Besaran, Nasib Satwa Bagaimana? Ini Kata Pemprov DKI

 

[Fargusno]

In probably the biggest news and development since the gorillas and the Schmutzer Primate Centre in 2002, a visit by the Vice Governor of Jakarta, Rano Karno, results in talks about the revitalization of Ragunan Zoo, with conservation and animal welfare to be put up front on the priority list.

Revitalization is planned to begin next year, as the city government is currently still developing the detailed engineering design. One proposal is the addition of cable car, to ease going to one exhibit to another in the over 140 hectares of land. As for the animals, as the zoo currently have rather spread out exhibits with no clear theme, the revitalization will see these animals be grouped in exhibits based on their habitat, type of animals, and their overall needs. Tighter traffic control is also planned to limit heavy road congestion that is caused by the high number of visitors entering the zoo.

Source
https://jakarta.tribunnews.com/2025...mpokan-satwa-hingga-permintaan-kereta-gantung
Ragunan Mau Direvitalisasi Besar-Besaran, Nasib Satwa Bagaimana? Ini Kata Pemprov DKI

Finally... Some good news, baby!!
Hopefully they'll get Jatim Park group to help, but ATM they're busy with the BSD zoo
Taman Safari? I'm good with that too!
Jagat Satwa's group/owner could be a possibility too

 

[Rizz Carlton]

Finally... Some good news, baby!!
Hopefully they'll get Jatim Park group to help, but ATM they're busy with the BSD zoo
Taman Safari? I'm good with that too!
Jagat Satwa's group/owner could be a possibility too

With the controversy TSI is currenty in and the condition of their newest zoo (Solo Safari), they're not the wisest choice, but they might perhaps lend some support.

Jagat Satwa are government-owned, same as Ragunan (Which is instead owned by the city government). With the collection seen in Jagat Satwa and Animalium BRIN, hopefully that'll be a good sign of the collection of this revitalized Ragunan, not to mention that their current collection is already top tier.

Even better, why not ask helps from friends abroad ? Support from the Mandai Wildlife Reserve is still a wishful thinking, but some German and other European actors might love in helping the conservation efforts in Ragunan, especially with the native faunas like the macaques and anoas.

 

[Fargusno]

With the controversy TSI is currenty in and the condition of their newest zoo (Solo Safari), they're not the wisest choice, but they might perhaps lend some support.

Jagat Satwa are government-owned, same as Ragunan (Which is instead owned by the city government). With the collection seen in Jagat Satwa and Animalium BRIN, hopefully that'll be a good sign of the collection of this revitalized Ragunan, not to mention that their current collection is already top tier.

Even better, why not ask helps from friends abroad ? Support from the Mandai Wildlife Reserve is still a wishful thinking, but some German and other European actors might love in helping the conservation efforts in Ragunan, especially with the native faunas like the macaques and anoas.

I would love to see Mandai reaching out to help Ragunan in their first attempt to expand their existence outside of Singapore. But I'm fine with Jagat Satwa taking care of Ragunan too.

 

[Fargusno]

Possibilities on who will help out on Ragunan's revitalization:

• PT Dyandra Mitra Indah (Jagat Satwa's owner/developer. My opinion this is the most likely one since they have parks in TMII and them handling Ragunan Zoo would be very welcomed. Their parks also own rarities such as Chinese Alligators and Indo-Chinese Box Turtles, which would be a check plus for them)
• Jawa Timur Park Group (Batu Secret Zoo's owner. Despite the name, they have parks outside of East Java such as Citraraya World of Wonders and soon BSD City Zoo, which are both based in Tangerang. They have good connections with foreign zoos and also kept rarities such as Otter Civets, mostly confiscated animals. With it, Ragunan could be a good home for BKSDA Jakarta's confiscated animals aside from BXSea)
• Faunaland (So far they only have one park and most of their projects are uhh... cancelled or left unfinished to say the least. But they have a lot of off-display animals that are still in their facility like the False Gharials and Banded Lingsangs, which could make good additions to Ragunan)
• PT Pembangunan Jaya (the owner of SeaWorld Ancol and BXSea. They haven't made any zoos before but they also own Jakarta Bird Park and Ocean Dream Samudera has some land animal exhibits which includes a great-looking Sun Bear exhibit for their retired Sun Bears that were previously part of their show. I can trust them, but I'd rather trust PT Dyandra)

 

[Rizz Carlton]

Mr. Danny Gunalen was seen accompanying the Jakarta governor when he inspected the zoo, so PT. FaunaIndonesia might have a part in there. Though worth noting that he's also active in other general conservation issues, not just with his group.

Again, it's worth noting that this doesn't mean PT. FaunaIndonesia will have 100% control and say to the revitalization (Nor that they even fully confirmed to have a role to begin with). Just like any other development & revitalization elsewhere, there's dozens of other companies collaborating on how those developments progresses. With Jagat Satwa Nusantara & BRIN Animalium, government oversight seems to put quite a big focus on native faunas (Something that are much more preferable) & conservation, but doesn't translate well into being a perfectly well zoo (As with Animalium with tons of issues). We'll see how the development goes, with how the Jakarta government talks about the revitalization, it sounds very promising.

kept rarities such as Otter Civets

Nemo died last year.

 

[Fargusno]

Mr. Danny Gunalen was seen accompanying the Jakarta governor when he inspected the zoo, so PT. FaunaIndonesia might have a part in there. Though worth noting that he's also active in other general conservation issues, not just with his group.

Again, it's worth noting that this doesn't mean PT. FaunaIndonesia will have 100% control and say to the revitalization (Nor that they even fully confirmed to have a role to begin with). Just like any other development & revitalization elsewhere, there's dozens of other companies collaborating on how those developments progresses. With Jagat Satwa Nusantara & BRIN Animalium, government oversight seems to put quite a big focus on native faunas (Something that are much more preferable) & conservation, but doesn't translate well into being a perfectly well zoo (As with Animalium with tons of issues). We'll see how the development goes, with how the Jakarta government talks about the revitalization, it sounds very promising.


Nemo died last year.

1. A combination of PT. Dyandra and Fauna Indonesia is welcomed though
2. Alas, poor Nemo..

 

[Rizz Carlton]

After a visit by the governor of Jakarta, Pramono Anung, an "Night Zoo" system has been proposed by the governor more as a way to gave "more flexible time for people throughout the day" and as a way to persuade Jakartans to visit Ragunan more (As Taman Safari Bogor has been the Jakarta citizens choice of zoo visit). Other ideas he proposed include:

• Higher ticker price, with each prices being different for local Jakartans, non-Jakartan Indonesians, and foreign visitors.
• Bus ride across the zoo to ease touring the entire zoo, similar to the Vice Governor's idea of a cable car.

He interestingly revealed that he had sent his pet white Bengal-Siberian tiger hybrid (Pretty much all "Bengal" tigers in Indonesia are) named Raja to Ragunan, after being insisted and given by another government official, stating that he's afraid having to keep a tiger for his own.

Not much regarding the collection is given, aside having "parking issues" being the vocal point of his visit. Though he interestingly stated that a "good zoo is one of the indicator of how developed the city is".

• Pramono Punya Harimau di Ragunan: Kalau Bukan Gubernur Bingung Taruh di Mana
• Rencana Pramono Anung untuk Ragunan: Revitalisasi, Wisata Malam, HTM Naik
• Pramono Anung on Instagram: "Sebagai salah satu ikon Jakarta, Ragunan akan terus dibenahi. Kesejahteraan satwa menjadi prioritas. Disusul dengan pembenahan fasilitas dan peningkatan pengelolaan. InsyaAllah Ragunan yang nyaman, tertata, dengan jam buka yang lebih lama, bisa membawa manfaat yang lebih banyak untuk warga."